Table tennis: Petrie aids build-up

Table Tennis New Zealand has appointed former New Zealand cricketer Richard Petrie as mental toughness coach, to assist in the build-up of the men's and women's teams for next year's Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Wellington-based Petrie, 37, has provided similar mental target coaching to the International Rugby Academy of New Zealand in Palmerston North, to several individual athletes and to corporate organisations in New Zealand and Britain.